Motorik
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Motorik is an adjective meaning (music, informal) Having a rigid, repetitive, driving 4/4 beat, as in krautrock.
Meaning
(music, informal) Having a rigid, repetitive, driving 4/4 beat, as in krautrock.
Example Sentences
Kraftwerk and Can both used the motorik style as did later electronic oriented bands like Ultravox.
...with occasional C-sharp and B chords thrown in there to relieve the tension, and a motorik beat.
...explores the anti-auto tirades of Peggy Suicide while (ironically) paying tribute to the motorik beat and highway sounds of Neu! and krautrock.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include motory, dirigomotor, axle-hung, motor, manumotive, mechanized.
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